Severe trauma does significantly change and effect brain development. Here’s what some of the researchers have discovered:

“Understanding the Effects of Maltreatment on Early Brain Development” by the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information

“Latest Research Findings Shed Light on Multiple Personality Disorder” - Swinburne University has discovered that EEG patterns in the brain are different for people with DID

“Abuse Rewires the Brain – Child Abuse and Neglect May Produce Changes in Both Brain Function and Structure”

“Child Abuse Produces Adult Problems” by Marilyn Elias, USA Today

“Researchers: Child Abuse, Neglect Can Trigger Permanent Brain Damage” by Troy Goodman, CNN.com Health Writer

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“The Amazing Human Brain and Human Development”
“Surviving Childhood: An Introduction to the Impact of Trauma”
“A Parent's Guide to Early Brain Development”

“McLean Researchers Document Brain Damage Linked to Child Abuse and Neglect”

“Brain Development, Early Stress, and the Etiology of Psychiatric Disorders” by Martin H. Teicher, M.D., Ph.D., and the Developmental Biopsychiatry Research Program, McLean Hospital

“Psychological Abuse May Cause Changes in Brain – Although it may sound rather far-fetched that the psychological impact of childhood physical abuse can physically alter the brain, evidence is increasing that this is the case” by Joan Arehart-Treichel

“Is Brain Story Telling the Whole Story?” A summary and response to Susan Greenfield's BBC Television series, Brain Story by members of the Damaris Centre for Soul and Consciousness Studies

“Researchers Find Clues Linking Child Abuse to Addiction” – originally published in Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly 14(2), 2002. http://www.vachss.com/help_text/archive/linking_ca.html

“The Right Brain as a Substrate for Reforging Psychoanalytic and Trauma Therapies” by Paul Valent

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